Dynamical processes of equatorial atmospheric angular momentum

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 565-581

  Feldstein, Steven B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EQUATORIAL ATMOSPHERIC ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PLANETARY WAVES; ROSSBY WAVES;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SEASONALITY;

EID: 33645101085     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3586.1     Document Type: Article

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